Posts Tagged ‘Geneva II conference’
Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2014
Follow the money! There is now an unstoppable momentum behind Iran’s reintegration into the “international community”. Amidst reports of an official Iranian presence at the next round of Geneva talks, Kerry is careful not to appear to eager to embrace America and Israel’s long term bogeyman and continues to talk with forked tongue.
Yahoo
5th February, 2014
AFP: A visit to Iran by a 116-strong delegation of French business figures is “a bet” on the future and not “business as usual”, France’s finance minister said Wednesday, brushing off US criticism of the trip.
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Posted by seumasach on February 5, 2014
Licensed Opposition Parties Stress Need for All National Opposition Forces to Be Represented in Geneva Conference
FNA
5th February, 2014
TEHRAN (FNA)- Licensed national opposition parties held a press conference on Tuesday at Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus, in which they said that the absence of internal opposition from Geneva 2 conference was a weak point and deficiency that should be remedied.
The parties said that certain sides’ adoption of the Doha coalition as the sole representative of the opposition at the conference was the primary cause of the lack of results during the first stage of the conference, SANA reported.
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Posted by seumasach on January 23, 2014
“The Indian position is broadly akin to Russia’s, but It may not be music to the ears of US secretary of state John Kerry who in his speech at the conference said the path to peace in Syria has to involve the world community and it cannot include Assad”
Obviously the solution will involve both the world community and Assad with plenty of big words from the West to cover for their lack of big action and their failed attempt at regime change.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
22nd January, 2014
This is a time senor politicians would be loathe to leave the shores of India as far as possible and the fact that External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid who also happens to be the senior spokesman of Congress Party was willing to take his eyes off the 2014 parliamentary poll and head for Montreux underscores the importance Delhi attaches to the Geneva II conference on Syria, which began today, as also signaling India’s willingness to play any whichever role that would help bring peace to that Middle Eastern country.
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Posted by seumasach on January 21, 2014
Syrian Free Press
20th January, 2014
AFP: Mr. President, what do you expect from the Geneva conference?
President Assad: The most basic element, which we continuously refer too, is that the Geneva Conference should produce clear results with regard to the fight against terrorism in Syria. In particular, it needs to put pressure on countries that are exporting terrorism, – by sending terrorists, money and weapons to terrorist organisations, – especially Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and of course the Western countries that provide political cover for these terrorist organisations. This is the most important decision or result that the Geneva Conference could produce. Any political solution that is reached without fighting terrorism has no value. There can be no political action when there is terrorism everywhere, not only in Syria but in neighbouring countries as well. From the political side, it is possible for Geneva to contribute to a process of dialogue between Syrians. There has to be a Syrian process within Syria and whilst Geneva could support this, it cannot be a substitute for it.
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Posted by seumasach on January 20, 2014
Geneva II without Iran unforgivable mistake: Lavrov
PressTV
20th January, 2014
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Geneva II talks over the Syrian crisis will be “an unforgivable mistake” if Iran doesn’t attend the confab.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2014
UN Chief Reiterates Iran’s Participation in Int’l Geneva II Talks on Syria
FNA
15th January, 2014
“I insisted on the necessity of Iran’s participation in (my) negotiations with all regional and international sides, who are involved in Syria’s issue, because in my opinion Iran is a major player,” Ban stressed in a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian on the sidelines of the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Kuwait on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
Albawaba
12th December, 2013
In anticipation of the Geneva II conference, which has been delayed until late-January 2014, the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition launched a series of campaigns against regime forces, but failed to make any gains on several fronts.
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Posted by seumasach on November 11, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
11th November, 2013
Although the Geneva Conference, in June of 2012, had set the foundations for peace in Syria, the war resumed for a year and a half. 100,000 deaths later, the foreign powers who planned and fueled the conflict have finally admitted defeat. Moscow and Washington are therefore planning to convene a new conference in Geneva to enact the victory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Posted by seumasach on August 20, 2013
Russia: Preliminary Meeting for International Conference on Syria Will Be Held Next Week
Fars News Agency
20th August, 2013
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Gennady Gatilov, said that the US-Russian preliminary meeting for the international conference on Syria in Geneva will be held in the Hague next week.
ITAR-TASS quoted Gatilov as saying that the meeting will be held on the level of deputy foreign ministers.
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy to Syria, will take part in the meeting.
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Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
6th August, 2013
After the removal of the Emir of Qatar by the United States and his abdication in favor of his son Tamim, the situation in North Africa and the Middle East has evolved rapidly. To Washington’s surprise, the Egyptian military has chosen this moment to overthrow President Mohamed Morsi, a Muslim Brother sponsored by Doha. As a result, the loss of Qatari support turned into a rout of the Brothers who also feel threatened in Tunisia, Libya and Gaza.
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Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013
Al-Jaafari: No meaningful conference can be held if weapons continue to flow into Syria
SANA
26th June, 2013
New York, (SANA)_ Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said that the UN Assistant secretary-general for political affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco has not provided a complete picture of the situation in the Middle East, especially as regards the situation in the Syrian Golan.
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